<p>For three months, I could not access a platform I was working with as a writer, even though everything had been fine before then, I had access, I was doing the work, and I was showing up consistently.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then, all of a sudden, I did not have access anymore, no warning, no clear explanation, just a wall every time I tried to log in.</p><p><br/></p><p>For three long months, I searched for answers, I asked questions, I stressed the people assigned to vet my work, and I kept going back and forth trying to understand what had gone wrong, yet the most frustrating part was that I could not even reach the platform directly.</p><p><br/></p><p>So I carried it with me, in my thoughts, in my emotions, and in the quiet anxiety that followed me every day.</p><p><br/></p><p>Today was one of those days where nothing felt right, my phone had issues, unexpected expenses showed up, and I truly was not myself at all.</p><p><br/></p><p>But somehow, in the middle of that exhaustion, I kept researching, I kept trying, and I kept looking for a solution.</p><p><br/></p><p>And then it happened.</p><p><br/></p><p>I realized the problem was not the platform, not the people, and not even my work, I had unknowingly tampered with my phone settings.</p><p><br/></p><p>One small detail I had overlooked had cost me three months of stress.</p><p><br/></p><p>The moment I fixed it, I had access again, just like that, and I will not lie, I was so happy that I had to pause and breathe.</p><p><br/></p><p>In that moment, something deeper settled in my heart.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, the thing we are fighting so hard is not as far as we think, sometimes the door is not locked and we are simply holding the wrong key, and sometimes what feels like delay is actually redirection.</p><p><br/></p><p>The lesson I am taking home is this, do not stop searching, do not assume the worst too quickly, and do not quit just because it is taking longer than expected.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some breakthroughs do not come with noise, they come with clarity.</p><p><br/></p><p>If you are battling something right now and it feels endless, please do not relent, because you might be one small adjustment away from your answer, and when it finally clicks, you will understand why you had to keep going.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm rooting for you 🤍 </p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to 7 people with the best insights in the past month. The 7 winners are picked
by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Contributor Rankings
The Contributor Rankings shows the Top 20 Contributors on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis.
The all-time ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly score sums the score on all your insights in the past 30 days. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on TwoCents — these are community members that have engaged the most with other user's content.
Contributor Score
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate your contributor score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
4
Comments (excluding replies)
5
Upvotes
6
Views
1
Number of insights published
2
Subscriptions received
3
Tips received
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
Comments